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3 arm yin LU HT PC Chest to fingers Cutaneous Regions Divergent Channels

6 yin
3 leg yin SP LIV KID Feet to chest Tendinomuscular Channels Traditional Channels
12 channels
3 arm yang LI SI SJ Fingers to face Luo Channels Extraordinary Channels
6 yang
3 leg yang ST GB UB Face to feet

3-5 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-1 1-3 3-5 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-1 1-3
LU LI ST SP HT SI UB KID PC SJ GB LIV
- + + - - + + - - + + -
anterior circuit posterior circuit middle circuit
LU channel of SP channel of HT channel of KID channel of PC channel of LIV channel of
Hand Foot Hand Foot Hand Foot
LI channel of ST channel of SI channel of UB channel of SJ channel of GB channel of
Hand Foot Hand Foot Hand Foot

Lung 11 Large Intestine 20 Spleen 21 Stomach 45

Pericardium 9 San Jiao 23 Liver 14 Gallbladder 44
Heart 9 Small Intestine 19 Kidney 27 Urinary Bladder 67

Four Categories of Points that Transporting Points (12): Refers to movement, momentum and 5 Element Schools
MUST be on Channel depth Yin Channels Yang Channels
Transporting 60 Jing Well At Extremities; 1st or last Pt on Channel Wood Metal
Xi Cleft 16 Ying Spring 2nd Pt from extremities Fire Water
Yuan Source 12 Shu Stream 3rd Pt from extremities Earth Wood
Jing River Between Shu Stream & He Sea, arbitrarily Metal Fire
He Sea Near knees or elbows Water Earth

Xi cleft points (16): acute pain/abnormal bleeding Yuan Source (12): Double Duty. Used to tonify Zang Horary Points (12): +/- channel per technique
12 on regular channels and access Yuan Qi Match element to channel, eg Wood point on Wood
1 Yin wei On Yin 3rd from extremities (Shu Stream) channel
1 Yang Wei On Yang, 4th from extremities Confluent points (8)
1 Yin Qiao Except GB 40 Open/access energy of extraordinary channels
1 Yang Qiao

Command Points (4) Influential Points (8) Back Shu (12) Front Mu (12) Lower He-Sea (3 or 6)
Direct Tx to Area of Body Treats body tissue Directly Tx organs, usu in Directly Tx organs, used in acute Tx Fu & yang chl only
Head/Neck:Lu7 Abdomen: ST36 Bone, blood, qi, marrow, chronic conditions conditions 3 Leg Yang share He-Sea
Face/Mouth: LI4 Back: UB40 sinew, vessels, zang, fu On UB channel Foot Tai Yang On Yin surface of body over or 3 Arm Yang = LI @ ST37,
near organs. SJ @ ST39, ST @ UB39